moving wp from mamp to live server

Try Moving WordPress.

Thank you so much for responding, but I’ve read that several times. I am looking for something a bit more specific and detailed.

Well if that article, or the Additional Information links aren’t enough, guess you’ll need to be specific about what it is you’ve tried that hasn’t worked.

Sure. I’m looking for something very detailed, and specifically about switching from MAMP.

I followed MediaTemple’s instructions here but while I thought I had followed them correctly I can not view my website after uploading my wp database.

I’ve been using this article, which is extremely detailed, but got lost when it got to the part about pre-installation set-up of ftp (did that ok) and ssh, because the writer uses the Putty app on a PC, while I’m trying to use Terminal on a mac.

I am new to all this and so I am looking for a very basic, detailed step-by-step guide.

So does the Uploading WordPress to a remote host article help.

Also review Installing WordPress.

I’ve been struggling with this for some time. locally, i have an install of WordPress 2.8.1 with e-commerce plugin running. my shop is ready to go locally.

in order to get this site up on the server, i’ve taken these steps:

1) exported my local db
2) ftp’d all my local wp files to the server
3) created an empty db on the sever
4) pointed my config file at the db and ran the wp install
5) wordpress filled up the db as usual, so now i had a working wp 2.8.1 install.

THIS IS WHERE I GET STUCK

6) i tried importing the local db using the live phpMyAdmin. It gave me an error that certain files already existed. It didn’t ask me if i wanted to overwrite them. so that failed.
7) i tried emptying all the tables on wp live install, and then importing the db – which also gave me the error that certain files already exist, with no option to overwrite them

what am i doing wrong? i can’t figure out how to duplicate my local build on the server.

the two articles recommended by MichaelH don’t go into such details either. and believe it or not, i can’t find a single clear explanation amongst the promising article on the web that suggest a solution to this same issue: how to migrate a complete local MAMP install to a live install

thanks much!

Sergibosch –

THIS IS WHERE I GET STUCK

6) i tried importing the local db using the live phpMyAdmin. It gave me an error that certain files already existed. It didn’t ask me if i wanted to overwrite them. so that failed.

In my experience, if you move wordpress into a new location and run the install.php the new database will have tables that later will be very hard to overwrite.

What you need to do is go back to step 4 but DO NOT run the installer.

Step 5 – Go to Administartion > Settings > General and change the URI for wordpress and blog address. Save settings (you will get an error message saying that the page is not available).

Step 6 – Export your DB.

Step 7 – Open your new empty DB in phpMyAdmin and import the DB you just exported.

Step 8 – Make sure that your config.php is pointed to the new database.

Step 9 – Log into example.com/wp-admin.

Step 10 – If you have any images that were linked to posts or pages you may need to update those links via phpMyAdmin or manually on every page or post.

Hope this help.